Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-30
IHIRsTINe FOR VENGEANCE,
Tho Feeling Of the Community Agalns'
B~ussiere's Slayer.

,.,ts Abroad Of LynchinG Ro"an-frep'
.r.,ions at the Jail Against mon "1o'
,os-How Rowan Feels About II
Now.
~ cheating of Joe Bussiere by Jack
uan On Tuesday provoked q most pro
wa ,eeling of indignation in the commu'
pou M man had more friends than thu
u+urate victim among all classes. Hif
UNI Of d o'clock yesterday morning in
oF"a;sed the resentment OF friends OF the
'sad man to the highest pitch, and hints
".o freely expressed that his slayer would
w. he allowed to live till morning. These
n.oots. for such they were, came to the
.so If Sheriff Lloyd, and he at once made
o+ions to forestall any attempt to
Rowan from his custody. He was
take yesterday afternoon, and ex-
seen his firm intention to faithfully
preLr oe his sworn trust. Il do
dlsenL now that they will be so foolish as to
NOV The attempt" said he, but ii one is
mar So I shall be fixed for them. | shall
man' ,our extra guards at the jail al! night
nav od and ready for any. attack. Thu iron
d leading to the Court House will be lett
u " 40 we can see any one coming up the
s,pa;rs, and they will never pass the grated
s Sanr beyond. If they take Rowan it will
ho over my dead body. have no love Tor
.he fellow, but am bound to see that tne
INV takes it's course and l don't "anta any
mob violence. :.a.ro.+ ,o,L
.nan the street Yesterday. The opinion OF
Tgrerol men of standing in the community
sas asked upon the subject. and the gen.
'"aI view taken was that no regret would
soue bean felt by them if Rowan q been
strunp up to a telegraph pole when ne was
toLon by the officers, but that once ne was
70 cus+ndv IL would be a disgrace to the
should any attempt DE maze
20 ranoova him before the Law had taken It's
~ don't believe any attempt will De
made and If it were l don't see how 1t
nn',Id be successful" said an official to the
renorter. even if a body OF men 1orcea
their way into the Jail they could never get
inside that cage, and they coui9h y koo
their euns on him from the ou1sloe; nno
cage is made of chilled two'incn s'ee, o"lI,
and the automatic o closing 1he oen
doors could not be broken. Inc ~ 80
tbey could get their man would De o. 0ah.
ing the Keys rum
think they'll do that
.If a bodv of men 20 to the jail to-nlgnt
- aot Rowan. the Sheriff will never be able
IN sav him but l don't think they VIII,
VA on old miner. "There's the nucleus OF
. ricilance committee here yet n some
Sna morning the citizens will come Gown
, auv and find a few bodies dangling from
telegraph poles. Count Ho,sa
A visit was paid TO tne Co"r0 AAo"
ohnut midnight and everything VAS as
ou;ot and peaceful as usual. A sohtary
p,smber Of the jail force occupied the
Sberiff's office; the usual lights were ourn.
inc about the building and peaceiui sleep
seemed, apparently, to have settled ao"n
mon all inmates OF the building save those
m duty as usual-so far as external ap-
pearances vent. .,-.. =.
said he would? ~ A..
bu;ldinc he ~forepart of the night outside
ond in The ba lis; but hat was too cold and
now they're where they will be most use il
they're wanted.
where's that?' m
"Inside the jail. But, pshaw! It's al!
robustness to talk OF getting that man II
q crowd of men came up here and got inside
and the KEYS we're given them they couldnt
make any use OF them. -
Gould they break the cage tasten'nss
with hammersF'
They might after working all night, per
hans. But they'd make noise enough to
alarm the whole city. And the bars OF that
cage will turn the best saw ever made. He's
safer up there than he could be anywhere
else"
How does Rowan feel now?'
'Oh, he's scared to death. He told one
of us this afternoon he never meant to XIII
any one. His friends have been up TO see
hin to-day and he knows the ieehng
against him. He felt bad. l know, when ne
heard about Bussiere's wife and children.
Then he's showing the white teatner'
eh?"
Hes quite cowed and is mighty sorry he
that man."